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iMUSE is a very exciting project delivered by Accessible Arts & Media, and part of the NYMAZ Play It Loud programme, funded by Youth Music. This 1-to-1 therapeutic multi-sensory experience provides a relaxing and creative space where young people with additional needs can make their own choices, create music and... more...

Young people in rural North Yorkshire will have the chance to experience a range of musical genres and cultures, thanks to a new programme - ‘Sounding Out’- from youth music charity NYMAZ.
With funding from Arts Council England, ‘Sounding Out’ will invite young people to work alongside professional musicians... more...

For those of you who haven’t heard of Music For Two it is one of NYMAZ’s long standing projects in partnership with The Army Welfare Services (AWS).
Now in its 5th year, Music For Two is a family friendly and successful initiative working with parents/carers and their... more...

By Julia Ient, Head of Business Development, Cambridgeshire Music
November 2018
At Cambridgeshire Music, to achieve our vision that all children, families and adults in Cambridgeshire take advantage of the rich cultural opportunities available in the county, we have been working on developing online learning for a couple of years. Initially... more...

Richmond Jam was established in 2009 by Chris Powls of the Richmond Jazz Festival and has been a long standing NYMAZ project for the last five years.
This dynamic project offers young people aged 11 – 19 years old the opportunity to take part in creative music workshops developing their improvisation, composition and performance... more...

We are doing a FREE live music broadcast to celebrate The Tall Ships Races in Sunderland and smash a world-record!
On Wednesday 11 July 2018, from 9.45 am tune in to at: http://www.connectresound.live
You can join in with schools across the UK and share the excitement of The Tall Ships... more...

We are extremly excited to hear that our partners Flash Company along with the Whitby Community Choir are rising early to meet the dawn and sing as the Summer Solstice begins for Make Music Day UK and NYMAZ’s #RuralTheme!
We talked to Rebecca Denniff who has led the choir... more...

NYMAZ launched All Together Now on Tuesday 12 June, with funding from Potterspury Lodge Trust and Youth Music.
The event opened with some wonderful live music from Milestones Trio (a Jazz group featuring Live Music Now musicians). After hearing the musical delights attendees were invited to join us for some short... more...

We know that living in some of the most beautiful areas our country provides sometimes means we miss out on the best music events going, and cities is where it is at – but not this time!
This year, NYMAZ is working with Make Music Day to take music to the... more...